List of TV shows made into films
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This is a list of television shows made into films:
[edit] TV shows that have one or more movies as a sequel/continuation of the series
- Batman - Batman
- Batman: The Animated Series - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
- Batman Beyond - Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
- Beavis and Butt-head (Beavis and Butt-Head Do America)
- Crayon Shin-chan
- Dead Like Me - Dead Like Me
- Degrassi High
- Doomwatch
- Doraemon
- Doug - Doug's 1st Movie
- DuckTales
- The Fairly OddParents - Abra-Catastrophe!, Channel Chasers, School's Out! The Musical, and Fairy Idol
- Firefly - Serenity
- Family Guy - Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
- The Flintstones - The Flintstones and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
- Futurama - Bender's Big Score
- Get Smart - Get Smart
- Gilligan's Island
- Goof Troop (A Goofy Movie) and An Extremely Goofy Movie
- Hey Arnold! - Hey Arnold!: The Movie *H.R. Pufnstuf - [1]
- Initial D (Initial D: 3rd Stage)
- Jackass - Jackass: The Movie and Jackass: Number Two
- The Jetsons - Jetsons: The Movie
- Kim Possible - Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
- Kamen Rider (Kamen Rider ZO, Kamen Rider J)
- The League of Gentlemen - The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
- Lizzie McGuire - The Lizzie McGuire Movie
- McHale's Navy
- Mobile Suit Gundam (Char's Counterattack, F91)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Gundam SEED: The Movie - currently in production)
- The Monkees
- The Munsters
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (This movie was in an alternate reality from the series. The next season started with a slightly different story.)
- Mr. Bean - Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday
- The Muppet Show - The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, and Muppets from Space
- MacGyver
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Patlabor
- The Pretender
- Reno 911! – Reno 911!: Miami
- Rugrats - The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and Rugrats Go Wild!
- Sesame Street
- Scooby-Doo - This spawned many direct-to-video movies and Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- Sex and the City - Sex and the City (film)
- The Simpsons - The Simpsons Movie
- South Park - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
- SpongeBob SquarePants - The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Transformers - Transformers: The Movie
- Twin Peaks
- The Wild Thornberrys - The Wild Thornberrys Movie and Rugrats Go Wild!
- The X-Files - The X-Files
- Yogi Bear - Yogi's Ark Lark
[edit] TV shows that have a movie as a prequel/origin story of the series
- Aladdin - Aladdin
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (could be considered non-canon)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven - The Crow
- The Emperor's New School - The Emperor's New Groove
- Digimon - Digimon: The Movie
- Highlander: The Series (the series exists in a separate chronology from the movies, until Highlander: Endgame)
- The Little Mermaid - The Little Mermaid
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series - Lilo & Stitch
- MASH (film) - M*A*S*H (TV series)
- Stargate SG-1 - Stargate
- Tarzan (1999 film) - Tarzan (TV series)
- The Powerpuff Girls - The Powerpuff Girls Movie
- War Of The Worlds - War Of The Worlds
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Indiana Jones film series (although the TV series is a prequel to the films, it contained "bookends" with an old Indy telling the stories of his youth)
[edit] TV Episode or Pilot released as movie
- Battlestar Galactica (TV pilot edited into a big screen release)
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV pilot released as a movie when no networks picked it up)
- Cruel Intentions 2 (straight-to-video, failed TV pilot)
- Doctor Who (1996 film) failed pilot for American TV series
- Mulholland Drive (failed TV pilot)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (planned as pilot for Star Trek: Phase Two, but reconfigured as a film before production began)
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (took place between Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo)
- Twin Peaks (TV pilot released as a movie in Europe)
- Knight Rider
Many other series have released pilots or edited multi-part episodes as films overseas, including The Greatest American Hero and The X-Files.
[edit] TV shows remade or adapted into movies
- 24 - 24
- The A-Team (scheduled for 2008 release)
- The Addams Family
- Æon Flux - Aeon Flux
- The Alvin Show - Alvin and the Chipmunks
- The Avengers - The Avengers
- The Beverly Hillbillies - The Beverly Hillbillies
- Bewitched - Bewitched
- The Brady Bunch - The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel
- Brimstone and Treacle
- Car 54, Where Are You?
- Charlie's Angels - Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Crying Freeman
- Dallas (announced)
- Doctor Who - Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- Dragnet
- Dudley Do-Right - Dudley Do-Right
- Dukes of Hazzard - The Dukes of Hazzard
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Fat Albert
- Father Knows Best
- Fist of the North Star
- Flight into Danger (filmed as Zero Hour!)
- The Flintstones
- The Fugitive
- George of the Jungle - George of the Jungle and George of the Jungle 2
- Get Smart - Get Smart
- He-Man - released as Masters of The Universe (film)
- The Honeymooners
- I Dream of Jeannie (scheduled for 2008 release)
- Inspector Gadget - Inspector Gadget and Inspector Gadget 2
- I Spy - I Spy
- Josie and the Pussycats - Josie and the Pussycats
- The Jetsons Movie (Live action) (Possible 2009 release]]).
- Kamen Rider (Kamen Rider The First, Kamen Rider The Next)
- Leave It to Beaver - Leave It to Beaver
- Lost in Space - Lost in Space
- Maverick - Maverick
- Miami Vice - Miami Vice
- Mission: Impossible - Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II and Mission: Impossible III
- The Mod Squad - The Mod Squad
- Mr. Magoo - Mr. Magoo
- My Favorite Martian - My Favorite Martian
- On the Buses
- Pennies From Heaven
- Police Squad! – The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, and Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
- Popeye - live action movie based on the cartoon and comics.
- The Quatermass Experiment (remade as The Quatermass Xperiment)
- Quatermass II (remade as Quatermass 2)
- Quatermass and the Pit (remade under the same title)
- Richie Rich - Ri¢hie Ri¢h
- Rocky and Bullwinkle - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Scooby-Doo - Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- Scum
- Sergeant Bilko - Sgt. Bilko
- The Singing Detective - The Singing Detective
- Starsky & Hutch - Starsky & Hutch
- S.W.A.T. - S.W.A.T.
- The Twilight Zone - The Twilight Zone: The Movie
- The Untouchables - The Untouchables
- The Wild Wild West - Wild Wild West
[edit] TV shows that have been re-edited to be released as feature length movies for cinemas
- Fist of the North Star
- He-Man and She-ra in The Secret of The Sword (a re-edit of the She-Ra: Princess of Power's first 5 television episodes
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (re-edited for release in 2005 as a trilogy with new footage)
- Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
- The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (Macross: Do You Remember Love?)
[edit] Unsorted
- Are You Being Served?
- Bottom (movie was Guest House Paradiso)
- Bless This House
- Dad's Army
- Dark Shadows (two movies)
- Dexter's Lab
- George and Mildred
- The Grove Family (filmed as It's a Great Day)
- He-Man
- The Likely Lads
- The Little Rascals (technically not a TV show, but a repackaging of Our Gang comedies from the 1930s)
- The Lovers
- Man About The House
- On the Buses
- Pokémon
- Porridge
- Rising Damp
- Steptoe and Son
- Whoops Apocalypse (same writers, mostly different cast and plot)
- Movies based on SNL sketches
[edit] See also
- List of films made into television programs
- List of films based on British sitcoms
- Films based on SNL skits
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